White Ash Chest of Drawers

Chest of drawers of my own design. White Ash, mostly bookmatched from 8/4 stock. The drawer fronts were obtained from a single board, while the legs and panels were obtained from a second board. Finally, the top was obtained from a third board, and was “double bookmatched.”

If you look closely, you can see that the top and bottom stiles are “bookmatched” even though they are separated enough that it is not immediately obvious. I even bookmatched the poplar for the drawer sides and bottoms!

As usual for me, all profiles cut with hand planes, and no sandpaper was used in surface prep (planes/scrapers only).

Gorgeous chest of drawers. I like how the legs also make up the stiles for all four sides. I’m building an Arts & Crafts bookcase right now and if I had 8/4 white oak, I would have liked to try that technique. Something to keep in mind for the future. Thanks for sharing your project.

Regards,

Retsof

-- "There seems to be a black hole in my garage that swallows up pencils and tape measures as soon as I put them down."

Just wondering what finishing method you used. I built a piece with white ash as the trim and had a difficult time with the color coming out right. I must have cut up a couple of bf making sample strips to test finish on. I like the rich golden bronze reddish color you got. Maybe blond is what I’m try to see. I’m a bit color blind so if I’m off on the color, my apologies. Still looks nice even with my old eyes.

Thanks! The finish was 2 coats of BLO followed by numerous coats of blonde shellac (~1 lbs cut). I really did like how that turned out- it is not at all a light wood look (like clear finish on maple) and not dark like walnut. It did end up very much golden bronze as described.